Spring 2025 Weil Project Wall unveiled
2025-01-10 • Caitlin Custer
Addoley Dzegede, “Passages” (photo: Caitlin Custer)
Artist Addoley Dzegede’s work, “Passages,” was recently installed on the Sam Fox School’s Weil Project Wall. The installation includes seven strands of soft sculpture beads. The artist described them as “beads for counting, for ceremony, for rites of passage,” which represent the passage of time in her life. Each was dyed and constructed by hand.
The work is on display now through spring 2026. An artist talk will be announced at a later date.
Addoley Dzegede, “Passages” (photo: Caitlin Custer)
Addoley Dzegede, “Passages” (photo: Caitlin Custer)
Addoley Dzegede, “Passages” (photo: Caitlin Custer)
Addoley Dzegede, “Passages” (photo: Caitlin Custer)
Addoley Dzegede, “Passages” (photo: Caitlin Custer)
Addoley Dzegede, “Passages” (photo: Caitlin Custer)
Addoley Dzegede, “Passages” (photo: Caitlin Custer)
Dzegede, MFA ’15, is an artist and educator from South Florida who is currently based in Pittsburgh. Her work investigates how trade histories between Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas have shaped individual and communal identities. More specifically, her work incorporates how European textiles and beads have heavily informed African fashion and adornment — a cross-continental connection belonging to the broader narrative of how postcolonial ties impact quintessential signifiers of self-expression. Dzegede’s work has been shown at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Canada Gallery in New York, Alma Lewis in Pittsburgh, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, and the National Museum of Norway.
The Weil Project Wall, located just inside the north and west entrances to Weil Hall, features commissioned works by Sam Fox School alumni. With new work on view as often as semi-annually, the space is generously supported by Anabeth and John Weil.